Fizz with Gangplank
How to Synergize Fizz and Gangplank
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Fizz Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Fizz vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Fizz and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Fizz with Gangplank
Fizz's spells scale off Ability Power - consider getting items like Zhonya's Hourglass or Banshee's Veil against teams that have high burst threat - and items like Lich Bane or Rabadon's Deathcap if you think you can survive without the Health.
Since Fizz can move through units, find opportunities in lane to walk through minions and apply Seastone Trident's passive - following it up with the ability's active attack after a few seconds.
Fizz's ultimate ability, Chum the Waters, can be aimed at an enemy or towards the area where you think they'll be going.
Advice to Understand How Gangplank Will Play
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
Fizz Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Fizz in LoL
The Fizz Gangplank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gangplank, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Fizz sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Gangplank helps Fizz perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Fizz is an ally to Gangplank, he gets a small increase in his total damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Gangplank helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Fizz is played together with Gangplank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Gangplank. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gangplank.
Additionally, when Fizz plays with Gangplank on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Gangplank does a poor job of covering Fizz during team fights.
Synergies between Fizz and Gangplank
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Is Fizz better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Fizz that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Gangplank is a very typical teammate for Fizz. By playing on the same team as Fizz, he decreases their win rate by -0.8% to 51.8%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Fizz and Gangplank that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Gangplank has a greater difficulty than Fizz. That means you must be cautious when arranging Gangplank comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Fizz players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by grouping Fizz and Gangplank together, you will not be granting your other teammates very much utility. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Gangplank ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Fizz to work well with Gangplank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Fizz and Gangplank synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Fizz included at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Gangplank than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Fizz had an average winrate of 51.8% helping carry Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
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